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84 Setting Up Your Device
Setting Up Your Device 85
Phone services
Your device can directly link to the mobile phone network, and allow
you to access and change the settings of various phone services for your
device. Phone services may include Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, Voicemail,
and more. Contact your wireless service provider to find out about the
availability of phone services for your device.
To access and change settings of phone services
1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Phone > Services tab.
2. Select the service you want to use, then tap Get Settings.
3. Choose your desired options, then tap OK.
For more information about customizing settings of phone services, see
Help on your device.
4.2 Personalizing the Today Screen
The Today screen shows your upcoming appointments, active tasks, and
information about incoming messages. You can customize what to display
on the Today screen.
To customize the Today screen
1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Today.
2. On the Appearance tab, select the desired theme for the background
of the Today screen.
3. On the Items tab, select the items you want to appear on the Today
screen.
To use a custom background image
You can use one of your own pictures as the background image on the
Today screen.
1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Today.
2. Select the Use this picture as the background check box, and tap
Browse to view a list of your picture files.
3. Tap the file name of the picture you want to use.
4. Tap OK.
Tip You can use *.wav, *.mid, *.mp3, *.wma, or other types of sound files
that you downloaded from the Internet or copied from your PC as ring
tones. For a complete list of supported audio file formats for ring tones, see
"Specifications" in the Appendix.
To use your sound files as ring tones, copy them first to the /My Documents/
My Ringtones folder on your device, then select the sound from the Ring
tone list of your device. For more information about copying files, see
Chapter 9.
Alarms and notifications
To set an alarm
1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clock & Alarms > Alarms tab.
2. Tap <Description> and enter a name for the alarm.
3. Tap the day of the week for the alarm. You can select multiple days by
tapping each desired day.
4. Tap the time to open a clock and set the time for the alarm.
5. Tap the alarm icon ( ) to specify the type of alarm you want. You
can choose a ashing light, a single sound, a repeating sound, or
vibration.
6. If you choose to play a sound, tap the list next to the Play sound
check box and tap the sound you want.
To choose how to be notified about events or actions
1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Sounds & Notifications.
2. On the Sounds tab, choose how you want to be notified by selecting
the appropriate check boxes.
3. On the Notifications tab, in Event, tap an event name and choose
how you want to be notified by selecting the appropriate check
boxes. You can choose from several options, such as a special sound, a
message, or a ashing light.
Tip Turning off sounds and the flashing light helps conserve battery power.